We have a brand new research article in the journal Water on Tribal nations and environmental decision-making. It focuses on state-recognized Tribes and efforts to have their voices heard in planning and permitting for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Check out the graphical timeline below. Read and download the full text here.
In the midst of the COVID pandemic, I pause to celebrate this week’s decision by developers to cancel the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. I stand in solidarity with communities that have been fighting the project for years. Their hard work and optimism are remarkable, and I am convinced that these communities helped tip the scales against a project with powerful corporate and political backing.
The pipeline was intended to transport at least 1.5 billion cubic feet of shale gas daily from fracking operations in Appalachia to endpoints in Virginia and North Carolina. The two energy holding companies developing the pipeline had reserved most of the gas for their affiliated electric utilities, and they had hailed it as critical, job-creating infrastructure. Despite any perceived benefits of the plan, at least two insurmountable problems plagued the Atlantic Coast Pipeline from day one. |
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